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Bill: Fair Bargaining Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2945
Description[?]:
| This Act will 'level the playing field'. Given that workers will be allowed to strike for almost any reason, the employer should have a bargaining tool as well. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:48:47, May 28, 2010 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Fair Bargaining Act |
| Message | Madame Speaker, this is fundamentally ridiculous. How can the honorable lady present a bill that will opress the working people of this country that she so often states that she supports! The CLP is not a working persons party if it is taking away their rights as human beings. |
| Date | 12:19:52, May 28, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Fair Bargaining Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, the Labour Party are not looking at this rationally nor sensibly. This is not denying the right of workers to strike - we would never make the right to strike illegal. But, Madam Speaker, the Labour Party are attempting to create a fundamentally unbalanced system that gives trade unions a vast amount of power. Madam Speaker, if workers have an unlimited right to strike, then employers should have certain rights as well. What good is a workforce to an employer if they are out on strike all the time? If they go on strike for a trivial matter such as the quality of the tea, they can do so safe in the knowledge that the employer can do nothing about it. Do the Labour Party truly believe that the employer should have no control over his workforce whatsoever? Madam Speaker, the other parties will no doubt attempt to portray this as an opportunity for employers to simply sack workers come what may. Madam Speaker, such a situation would never happen. If an employer's entire workforce goes out on strike, it would be extremely unlikely that they would all be fired - the employer would not be able to afford to do such a thing! And it would also be unlikely that we would have anybody come to work for him if he received such a reputation. However, Madam Speaker, that fundamental right should remain with the employer. Who in their right mind would set up a business under such a system, where trade unions can do as they please while the employer has no rights whatsoever? Nobody would, Madam Speaker. If we are giving workers the right to do as they please, then employers need some rights too. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 115 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 276 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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